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McKellar in the Middle

July 27th, 2007 by Walt

Actress Danica McKellar, who co-authored a paper in mathematical physics as an undergraduate, has now written a book, Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. The book is aimed at girls in middle school who might be scared away by math.

Via Aetiology, who has a more detailed review of the book.

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One Response to “McKellar in the Middle”

  1. Peter Says:
    July 30th, 2007 at 10:04 am

    McKellar is not the first actress with scientific talents. The co-inventor of Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or spread-spectrum mobile communications technology was Hedy Lamarr:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

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